Street sign



April 1 6, 1929. Q 5 SEARLE l 1,709,633

ySTREET S IGN Filed July 15, 1927 INVENTOR 629073@ 556621Z@ s ATTORNEYSPatented pr. 16, 1929.

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Y GEORGE S..SEAQIBLE, QF ROCH-ESTER, NIEWYURK;

Sum/EET siem Appiioauon nien, my 15,`

The present invention. relatesto streeting rdicating signs and has foran ob]ect t p rO- vide. an improved. devicek of this class. which Yembodies comparatively few partsof simple construction, capablel of.being manufactured at a relatively low cost and which can beconvenientlyand quickly applied tol lamp posts or otherk forms of supports. bypersons of ordinary skil1,. thus making it. unnecessary to employ.skilled mechanics for assembling and placing the signs in service; l Afurther object of. the invention'4 is; to provide anl improved street orhighwaysign incombinationwith a lampor signpost con-- 'y structedinamanner toreceive and, cooperate with. the, post to. hold. the signinv,position without the4 use of; expensive'attaching meansand in.suchrelationship tothe lamp as to. afford. a high degreeof illumliltion-To these and other endstheinventionI resides in` certainvimprovementsand combinations of. parts, all aswill be hereinafter morefullydescribed,.' the novelv features. being pointed. out in the claims:at, the. end. oftheY specification. n l

In. the drawings;

Figure 1i is a View in. elevationembodying one foi-.melf the invention;

l Figure 2 isa fragmentary sectional. eleva- .tion, taken online2t-.2'fL of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a top plan View of the. sign showing the manner ofl applyingit tothe lamp post, the 'lamp supporting arms being' `brokenaivayabovethe sign.;V l

Figure-4t' is a transverse section taken, on lineeta-l .ofY Figure 2;

Y Figure 5l is a plan,`v View ofathe. signv holdingV bracket. detached.from the post Figure 6, is a plan viewoftheretaining or locking memberfor the name plate ;l and.

Figure 7 is a section` taken on line 7- a offFigurel. y' i I,

Similar reference numerals throughout the several. views indicate thesame parts.

Referring to. the drawings, 10 represents a vlamp-posthavingv a cap.-or*v extension 11 thereon provided with, opposite. projecting portionspreferably extendedl upwardlyu to form: curved arms 12v which. extendyinwardly at their upper ends. toy support an annular ring or band 123linto whichl projects. and toV which is suitably secured theupper; endof` a bell-shapedireector 14 preferably made of porcelain. orlikematerial'.A TheA reflector is. made `hollow provided with ai lamp1927. Serial. Np. 205,942;

socketinto which is screwed a lamp 16. The wlres orcircuitconnections,.not shown,fwhch lead' to` the lamp.- socket` arelpreferably vcarri'ed upwardly through the lamp post andV through. thehollow arms 12 into. theannular member 1.3v and` downwardlyI to the.ysocket which. is .suitably secured within thev reflector. The.baseportion llof.' the lamp; support is tapered at; two/sidesAasindicated at 17 in Figure Thelower ends of the arms 1,2 arevvpreferably castY integral. witl'iv said tapered portion and', areyprovided. with annular enlargements or abutments 18 adjacent thebaseportion; for a` purpose whichf will appear hereinafter.V

The name platepis indicated. at 19 and its supportingl bracket at. 20..`Theplate is preferably constructed` of.l relativelyY thin Vmetalalthough it may be formed ofan'y other suitable material andi, ifpreferred7 may be en-. ameled' to prevent rusting., The plate: andbracketare. preferably made infseparate parts to avoid. having to.enamel the 'entire4 sign asjwell.r asA to, permit. the lname plates; tobe applied. and removed' fromtime toftime withr out removal of thebrackets.V 'lhebracketis V lock. withthearms12.. The securing portionsare providedl with curved or inclined edge portions. 23 whichA extendbehind and engage the abutments l1,8 at. a suitable Vpoint thereonywhereby to..support the bracket in the position indicated in Figure 2fuponl one of the inclined. facesl?. ofthe post... Means is provided kforcooperationl with the name plate to both secure itl upon the bracket andto hold n the latter in proper Vposition upon the, post. rllhismeanscomprises the clamping plate 0r member 24. which preferablyconstructed similar tothe plate 2110i? the bracket, having thecorresponding securing portonsqas indicated` at 25and the curved orinclinededges 2,6. which. preferably are designed to, engage theV armsor abutmentsl 18 thereon, the same as` the inclined edge portions 23..The plate 2&1. is.l also provided. with. aflip 27 adapted to ovenl'ieand `engage'.theupperedge of the nameplate as: shown in. Figures 1 and2.,

The bottom edge of the bracket is provided lwith suitablesupportingjmeans for, the naine l plate which is preferably in the torniot an Y cl() on the bolt 29 is substantially as indicated in Figure 7,In this position, the upper edge of the plate engages the rounded edgeslot the abutincnts I8, or what may be termed the under surtacesthereot,so that in elect the abutments form inclined shoulders overlying andengaging the upper edge of the plate to prevent displacement or' 'thelatter in an upward direction. By tightening the bolt 29 to pull theclamping `plate inwardlyV to the position shown in Figure 2, thatportion ot the name plate between the abutments will be deflectedinwardly against the resistance of the bottom oi. the bracket as well as`against the resistance oi the abutments and thetendency will be towedge the plate under i the rounded or tapered portions of the abutmentswhereby they will iirmly hold it in engagement with the lamp post or thelamp support thereon. The forcing ot the name plate inwardly anddownwardly as described above also tendsV tecla-mp or firmly urge thebracket downwardly upon the inclined portion 17 of Vthe post. Thus theparts are lrigidly held in position through engagement ot the ends 22 or25 of the bracket with the' abutments at one side orq the post and theupper edge of the name plate with said abutments at the opposite side ofthe post. The name plates may easily be removed by slightly unscrewingthe bolt 29 to release the clamping action ot the plate, thuspern'ntting iiisertion and removal of the plates trom time to `timewithout removing the bracket or any part thereof. Y The clampingplate2fl` is preterably made separate from the plate 2l but it desiredmay be integral therewith and bent over and down about the point 31 asindicated in Figure 7.

lVhere it is found desirable, additional Vmeans for securing the bracketupon thepost Vmay be provided 1n any suitable form, such ttor example,asaband 32 extending partially around the extension 1l oit the post andhaving its ends connected with. the bracket in any preferred manner.Inthe present instance,

the ends ot' the band are extended through' lugs 33 on the bracket andbent over as indicated at 34 in Figure 4. The lugs are pret- Y erablyvintegral with the bracket, being formed by striking portions of themetal outwardly to occupy substantially right angle lpositions at therear side of the bracket. y

It will be seen, therefore, that applicant has provided a lamp posthaving oppositely extending arms with Va lamp support at the upperextremities thereof and with a street sign below the lamp secured uponthe arms in afnovel manner. It will be understood that the arms at thepoints where the name plate and bracket engage the same may be enlargedas shown or reduced it preferred so long as suitable abutments areprovided for preventing displacement ot the parts upon the post. It willbe further understood that only one of the arms need be extended to thelamp support 13 and that the other may be terminated at the abutment 18if it is desired to sup-v port the lamp bymeans of a single arm.

I claim as my invention:

l. In a street indicating sign, a post having oppositely disposedprojecting portions, a bracket at one side of the post having poi'-tions engaging said proj ecting'portions on the other side'oi the post,a name plate disposed upon the bracket and having its upper edgeengaging the projecting portions on the side on which the bracket isdisposed and means j on the bracket engaging the upper edge ofk l thename plate bet-ween the projecting portions of the post and serving toclamp said upper edgeupon 4said projecting portions.

2. In a street indicating sign, a post having opposite-ly disposedprojecting portions, a bracket at onev side of the post having portionsengaging said projecting portions on the other side of thexpost, a nameplate having one edge resting upon the bracket and its opposite edgeupon the projecting portions on the side on which the bracket isdisposed, a member on the bracket engaging the last mentioned edge ofthe name plate and means serving to clamp said member upon the nameplate whereby to clamp the latter upon the post.

3. In a street indicating sign, a post having Voppositely disposedprojecting portions, a

bracket at one side of the post having portions engaging said projectinglportions on the other side of the post, a name plate carried by thebracket and having its upper edge engaging theproj ectingV portions onthe side on which the bracket is disposed and means for clamping thename plate upon said projecting portions of the post.

4. In a street indicating sign, a post having oppositely disposedprojecting portions, a bracket at one side of the post having anangularly disposed plate port-ion extending between said projectingportions and into interlocking engagement with the same, a name platecarried by the bracket the upper edge ot which is disposed in engagementwith said projecting portions and means upon the bracket between saidprojecting portions tor clamping the name plate thereon,

5, In a street indicating sigma post having oppositely disposedprojecting portions, a bracket at one side of the post having anangularly disposed plate portion extending be tween said projectingportions and into interlocking engagement with the same, a name plateupon the bracket, a member carried by said angularly disposed plateportion in engagement with the upper edge of the name plate and meansforclamping said memberl upon the name plate whereby to bind the up-v ingspaced abutments thereon, a bracket at one side of the post having anangular-ly disposed portion projecting between said abutments, a nameplate carried by the bracket and having its upper edge in engagementwith the abutments and a clamping member extending between and engagingthe abutments on the opposite side from the name plate and serving toclamp the latter upon the bracket.

8. In combination, a lamp post provided with oppositely disposed armshaving a lamp supported thereon, a. bracket at one side of the posthaving portions engaging the armsv at the opposite side thereof, a nameplate carried bythe bracket in engagement with the arms on the side onwhich the bracket is disposed and means on the bracket for clamping thename plate in engagement with said arms. y

9. In combination, a lamp post provided with a lamp and havingoppositely disposed abutments beneath the lamp and a bracket at one sideof the postv extending between the 1 abutments and arranged to sup ort aname plate, said bracket having a p ate portion,

the en'ds of which engage the abutments on the side of the post oppositethat on which the bracket is disposed whereby the bracket is held uponthe post.

10. In combination, a lamp post provided with a lampand havingoppositely disposed abutments beneath the lamp and a bracket at one sideof the post extending between the Yabutments and arranged to support aname plate and having at the opposite side of the post end portionsadapt-ed to engage the abutments to support the'bracket upon the post.

1l. In combination, a lamp post provided with a lamp andhavingoppositely disposed abutment-s bencaththe lamp, a bracket at oneside of the post extending between the abutments and arranged to supporta name plate and havingat the opposite side of the post en'd portionsadapted to engage the abutments to support the bracket upon the post andmeans for securing the bracket upon the post.

I2. In combination, a lamp post provided Y with a lamp and havingoppositely disposed abutments beneath the same, a bracket adapt ed forsupporting a name plate, said bracket being located at one side of thepost and having an angularly disposed portion extending between saidabutments and a retaining plate fer the bracket connected with saidangularly disposed portion and having end portions engaging theabutments on-the side of the post opposite that on which the bracket isdisposed whereby to form a support for the bracket.

13. In combination, a lamp post provided with a lamp and havingoppositely disposed abutments beneath the lamp, a bracket at one side ofthe posty extending between the abutments and having portions at theopposite side thereof engaging the abutments to support the bracket uponthe post, upper and lower guides carried by the bracket and a name plateinserted upon the bracket between said guides.

lGEORGE S. SEARLE.

